Monday, April 16, 2012

Webinar announcement: Fire Ant Control Made Easy

Frustrated trying to control fire ants? If so, join us for an online seminar, Fire Ant Control Made Easy,on Thursday, May 10 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT (10 to 11 a.m. CDT or 8 to 9 a.m. PDT) and brought to you by the Imported Fire Ant eXtension Community of Practice.

Killing fire ants is actually easier than you think—if you understand how they live. This seminar will help you learn how to apply integrated pest management tactics that are as economical and environmentally friendly as possible. You’ll also learn about fire ant biological control agents such as thePseudacteon phorid flies.

To participate, log in as “guest” at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/fireant

If you have specific questions that you want us to address during the webinar, post them to the Imported Fire Ant eXtension Facebook page (Fire Ant Info).

Find more information on fire ants at www.extension.org/fire+ants or on Facebook (Fire Ant Info), Twitter (@FireAntInfo), or YouTube (eXfireants).

Topics

  • How Can You Tell if You Have Fire Ants? Dr. Jason Oliver, Tennessee State University
  • Understanding the Biology and Behavior of Fire Ants, Dr. Kathy Flanders, Auburn University
  • Managing Imported Fire Ants, Dr. Bastiaan Drees, Professor, Texas A&M University
  • Biological Control of Fire Ants, Dr. Lawrence Graham, Auburn University

5 comments:

  1. There are a lot of different kinds of ants and problems. This method may be useless to many. See the Related Articles; this article is really only for people who have tried other methods and have failed, but don't want to resort to poisoning the ants. May be of no use for really big and nasty ants.

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  2. It is very hard to get rid of fire ant. Make a mixture using one teaspoon of canned cat food, two spoon of strawberry and half spoon of borax. After making the mixture make small balls and leave those chunks around the fire ant’s nest. Then the worker ants will carry those chunks to the nest and will eat. They will eat altogether and die.

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  3. Yeah, getting rid of fire ant is really very difficult. They are as dangerous as their name is. Boric acid is useful for controlling them.

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